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UVA Health Clinical Nurse Specialist team and front-line staff, meeting in a hallway of UVA Hospital

3. Building the future Support for all

Boosting the experience of UVA Health’s patients, staff and staff-in-training

Facilities Management teams support a variety of projects that improve the experience of all members of the UVA Health community.

Capital Construction & Renovations’ staff members have managed multiple recent projects to replace radiology equipment at UVA Imaging’s Fontaine Building 415, the Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center and the UVA Transitional Care Hospital.

These projects – managed by Senior Project Manager Kevin Silson – were completed in phases by Construction & Renovation Services trades and involved the renovation of rooms to accommodate upgraded MRI and CT scanning equipment. UVA Imaging’s Fontaine Building 415 also incorporated wallpaper of nature scenes to provide a relaxing atmosphere for patients.

A room with a CT machine, wallpapered with a scene of a tropical beach
A medical room wallpapered with a scene of a mountain lake

UVA Imaging’s Fontaine Building 415 CT remodel incorporated wallpaper of nature scenes to provide a relaxing atmosphere for patients. (Photos contributed by Capital Construction & Renovations)

A barcode scanner mounted to a wall at UVA Hospital
The Health System Physical Plant Renovations team assisted with the replacement of the hospital’s barcode scanners, ensuring a more ideal placement within the room for this critical piece of equipment. (Photo by Kay Taylor / UVA Health)

Health System Physical Plant (HSPP) recently helped UVA Health with a project aimed to tackle the question, “What could have made your job easier today?” In February 2021, the clinical nurse specialist team, working with front-line staff, identified some issues with the hospital’s barcode scanners that are used daily by nurses to scan every medication, infusion, lab and fluid given to a patient. The team noted that all 617 scanners in the hospital were not placed in the rooms appropriately, often behind a curtain or around a monitor.

The team partnered with the HSPP Renovations team, UVA Health IT and leadership to replace the scanners as soon as possible, ensuring a more ideal placement for a critical piece of equipment.

In addition to supporting UVA Health’s current employees, Facilities Management staff recently completed a project to expand the UVA School of Nursing’s Simulation Center in McCleod Hall. The project – also managed by Kevin Silson, designed by CC&R Design Services and completed by Construction & Renovation Services trades – involved demolishing existing classrooms to build a new lab with simulation, debrief, control and storage rooms. The project has nearly doubled the School of Nursing’s simulation lab space and allowed for the use of several new high-fidelity mannequins.

Nursing students training on moving a mannequin in a hospital bed
A medical student training on a mannequin baby
Medical students meet in the Pediatric and Women's Simulation Lab

Facilities Management staff recently completed a project to expand the UVA School of Nursing’s Simulation Center in McCleod Hall. (Photos courtesy of UVA School of Nursing)